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January 4, 2014

Modals and nuances
Sharda Kaushik
Controversies surrounding English usage interested David Foster Wallace who made them the theme of some of his essays. The complexities of English usage can compel the best of writers to seek occasional guidance.


December 28, 2013

Puzzles in prepositions
Sharda Kaushik
T
he comical phrase “up with which I will not put” is attributed to Churchill. It marks his protest against the so-called rule that sentences in English cannot end with a preposition. Apparently, Churchill reacted to a minor change made to his speech.


December 21, 2013

...a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
Sharda Kaushik
C
risp looked at euphemisms as words which behave like secret agents in delicate missions. That is only partially right. Euphemisms operate in a much wider range of situations — from helping individuals and organisations to sound politically correct to diffusing the harshness of realities.

 

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